"Freedom is not a gift which can..." - Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those shown themselves worthy of it.
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“I hate a man who skins the land.”
“Our words must be judged by our deeds; and in striving for a lofty ideal we must use practical methods; and if we cannot attain all at one leap, we must advance towards it step by step, reasonably content so long as we do actually make some progress in the right direction.”
“I must be wanting to be President. Every young man does. But I won't let myself think of it; I must not, because if I do, I will begin to work for it; I'll be careful, calculating, cautious in word and act, and so - I'll beat myself.”
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“The government of freemen is nobler and implies more virtue than despotic government. Neither is a city to be deemed happy or a legislator to be praised because he trains his citizens to conquer and obtain dominion over their neighbors, for there is great evil in this.”
“We are forever indebted to those who have given their lives that we might be free.”
“The world exists, as I understand it, to teach the science of liberty.”
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“Against us are all timid men who prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty We are likely to preserve the liberty we have obtained only by unremitting labors and perils.”
“Do any deserve liberty who are not ready to give it to others? Let us calmly go to work, instead of dissipating our energy in unnecessary fretting and fuming.”
“Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.”